The CENTENNIA Historical Atlas

A dynamic, animated guide to a thousand years of history...

Centennia Research Edition ($)

Centennia Research Edition, or CRE, has been designed for professional academic research and analysis
by historians, political scientists, and economists requiring basemap data for political entities in Europe
and the Middle East during the past ten centuries. The maps may be imported into any modern GIS analysis
system.

The database in CRE is a strategic asset of Clockwork Mapping constituting a storehouse of intellectual
property for our Centennia Historical Atlas products, both now and in the future. Because of this critical value
to us, and since the data is rare and valuable to research, we price CRE at a high level as a professional
tool, and we further require signed contracts guaranteeing controlled access to and protection of the data.

Licenses for Centennia Research Edition start at $9500 for the database, as is. We provide samples
for analysis prior to licensing but full access is granted only upon payment and delivery of signed licensing
contracts. If any modification of the database is required, or if any additional features are required, licensing
fees may be substantially higher.

SAMPLE KML VIEWS:
Since the KML data format was originally developed for use in Google Earth, the map overlays for any
given date in Centennia Research Edition may be viewed and projected directly in Google Earth
out of the box with no processing. The examples below show some dramatic bird's eye views.

The first shows Napoleonic France in 1812 looking toward the southeast from above the mouth of the
English Channel, La Manche. The French Empire at this date is so vast that its furthest limit, the
Illyrian Province (largely modern Croatia) sits on the horizon in the distance.

In this view, borders of Europe in 1830 are projected directly onto the standard Google Earth physical earth view.

Here we see Europe on the eve of the Second World War projected using CRE data. Germany has annexed
Austria and the Sudetenland. We are looking from high above Hungary towards Britain in the distance. The Polish
Corridor can be seen extending to the sea in the Baltic. Note that in this view the political entities extend beyond
the coastline. This is the natural condition of the political polygons, allowing the researcher to merge the data
with any appropriate water/ocean overlay.

Comments:

Ellen M. wrote: 12/8/2018

At last! I'm looking forward to using CENTENNIA Research Edition when my department completes the purchase ..... assuming we can fund it. Can you tell me: are the KML files compatible with Google Earth? Would I be able to show the historical borders of Europe, e.g., in 1499 displayed with the perspective and view features in Google Earth?

Hello, Clockwork Mapping. I use the MacOS version of your Cantennia Atlas, and I wonder if you plan to port it to iPad. I think it would be really *slick* on a tablet! Also, do you intend to expand it into the tenth century? My specialty is medieval France, and I would like to see more detail there. Just a wishlist! Thank you for this amazing atlas.

Frank Reed wrote: 8/14/2018

Yes, indeed. We are working on an iPad version. It's mostly a matter of funding. The new "Research Edition" of Centennia will, we hope, provide enough revenue to get the iOS version launched. As for the other item on your wishlist --more in medieval Europe-- it's certainly a possibility in the next year if we can get enough interest. Thanks for letting us know what interests you!

Your historical atlas shows details that I have never encountered anywhere else. I first discovered your maps through a viral video on youtube, and I was appalled to learn later that the video was published without attribution and violating your copyright. I hope you at least got some visitors to your site out of that. It's an astounding accomplishment and obviously a huge amount of research and artistry went into its creation.

Can you email me and let me know if you have any deals for students? I would love to be able to assign this to my students in my European History survey class this summer. Thanks, Phillip Perry, Ottawa.

Frank Reed wrote: 6/22/2017

Hi, Phil. Absolutely -- we do have discount pricing arrangements for students in classes, assuming you would be ordering ten licenses or more. We also have licenses for history departments and small computer labs/libraries. I'll email you.

I can't tell you how much I LOVE this atlas. I've been using it for five years in my genealogy research, and there's nothing that compares. If I need to know what was happening in Baden in 1660 or Brittany or Danzig/Gdansk in 1925 or Milan in 1805 or anywhere else at any date... then I can turn to the "Centennia Historical Atlas" for insight. I only wish it covered more centuries, and I'm really looking forward to the version covering the history of North America. Thank you!